Vehicle.



PATENTED APR. 12, 1904.

L. ABRAHAM.

VEHICLE APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1904.

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Patentedlpril 12, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAWRENCE ABRAHAM, QEBROOKLYN', NEW YORK. 1

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,807, dated April 12, 1904.

Application filed \l'anuary 29,1564. SerialNo. 191,119. (Nonmodeh) 1 i To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, LAWRENCE ABRAHAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings,city

A and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which the following-is .a specification.

. My invention relates to the suspension ofthe bodies of vehicles, and more particularly of an automobile with my invention applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a partial section of the same, taken on line 2K2 of Fig. 1. V

A represents one of the usual side barsof the chassis of an automobile, upon which are cast or otherwise secured studs A.

B is'a movable member arranged at the side of the frame A and provided with slots B,- through which project thestuds A. On the said studs A are mounted in any suitable through the studsfriction-rollers 0, between which the member B is adapted to move. The

purpose of the rollers C is to reduce the friction arising from any moviement of the member B which'may occur 'as the vehicle en-' counters obstructions of any kmd. If at any links D, as at' D, towhich are attached the tomary manner.

G is a projection or seat cast or otherwise secured to the inner surface of the side bar A,

5 and H is a corresponding projection or'seat cast or secured to the inner surface of the member B. Between the two seats G and H is arranged a cushion I, made of rubber or other resilient material and held in position by lugs G H on the seats GH, respectively. Thus as the vehicle encounters obstructions .Or inequalities in the road of such a small 'nature that they have no apparent effect on the usual springs 'E. the cushion I, being more sensitive than the said springs E and acting in conjunction with the movable member B, will take up all such small shocks and jars and accordingly save any mechanism whichmay be supported on the. frame A from the wear and tear occasioned by the constant repetition .of

such small jars. i J is a distance-rod of ordinary construction for taking up any slack in the driving-chains and is secured to the side frame by a ball-andsocketjoint K and to theaxle by a band L.

It will be understood that the device above described is repeated over each wheel. Various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What Iclaim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

: 1. Ameans for suspending the bodies of vehicles, comprising a frame, a movable member adjacent to said frame. and a cushion mounted between the frame and said movable member.

2., A means for suspendingthe bodies'of vevhicles comprising a frame, studs upon said frame, a movable member adjacent to said frame provided with slots to receive said studs, a spring having a yielding connection with said movable member and being further connected with the axle of the vehicle, and a cushion between said movable member and the frame.

3. A meansfor suspending the bodies of vehicles comprisingaframe, studs on said frame,

a movable member provided with slots to re ceive said studs, rollers mounted on said studs in engagement with the movable member, and a cushion .between the movable member and the frame.

, 4. A means for suspending the bodies of vehicles, comprising a frame having a seat, a"

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device arranged between the seat of the'frame and the seat of the movable member.

5. A means for suspending the bodies of vehicles comprising a frame, a movable member connected with said frame, a resilient device between said movable member and said frame, links pivotally connected with said movable member, and a spring connected with said links and the axle of the vehicle. I

6. A means for suspending the bodies of vehicles comprising a frame, a member mounted adjacent thereto and movable vertically, means carried by the frame for gniding saidmember in its vertical movement, means for supporting said member, and a resilient device con necting said frame and member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i w I LAVVRENCE ABRAHAM.

Witnesses:

B. J OoNRoY, Jon A. KEHLENBECK. 

